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Mother's Day Gift Ideas The Weaver Street Market Pastry Department has whipped up some delicious ideas for Mother's Day treats starting with a special presentation of Coconut Cake! These are just for Mother's day, so you'll need to place a special order for one of these beauties. Choose a 6" or 8" size. Don't over look our build-your-own cakes, either. First you get to choose the body: Carrot Cake, Yellow Sponge Cake, or Vegan Chocolate Cake. How about a fancy filling? We have Raspberry Preserve or Lemon Curd. Then the frosting: Chocolate Ganache, Cream Cheese Icing, or Vegan Chocolate Ganache, or one of our Butter Cream Frostings. Yum! Try lemon, chocolate, mocha, almond, or vanilla buttercream. More |
Jazz Brunch Every Sunday After Hours Begins! After Hours Volunteers Needed Free Tai Chi at Sv |
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| 10% Donation Results! SV Farmers' Market Open Carrboro Crescent City Benefit Aids Alliance Food Drive SV Music Series Begins |
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| Mother's Day Reservations Spring Salad Madness & Daily Specials |
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| Weekly Produce Specials |
Recipe: Panzanella Beer Battered Soft Shell Crabs |
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 Top it all off with a lovely garnish: Chocolate curls, white chocolate curls, or fresh fruit...and voilą your perfect cake! Cakes are available in 5 sizes: 6 inch, 8 inch, 10 inch, 1/2 sheet cake, or full sheet cake. Decorations are also available.
The Wellness Department has some luscious all-natural skin care products by Giovanni on sale that any mom would love to receive. Indulge her with Hot Chocolate Sugar Scrub, Cool Mint Lemonade Salt Scrub, Cleanse Body Wash and Hydrate Body Lotion in scrumptious scents: Cucumber Song, Grapefruit Sky, Cassifluer White Tea, Raspberry Winter, or Lavender Vanilla Snow. Stay in Mom's thoughts every year with a Hydrangea from our Produce Department. They have an abundance of blooming potted Hydrangeas in soft purple or pink. So stop in to Weaver Street Market this week, we've got you covered for Mother's Day. |
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| Vollmer Farms' Organic Strawberries | 1 lb. pkg/$3.99 ea | ||
| Florida Blueberries | 1 lb. pkg/$3.99 ea | ||
| Fresh California Asparagus | $2.99 lb | save $1.00 lb | |
| Fresh White Corn | 6 ears/$2.00 | ||
| Read about other WSM Specials here. | |||
| Panzanella Beer Battered Soft Shell Crabs | |||
The beer used is your choice, however the darker the beer the better. A "John Courage" Amber or a "Cottonwood - Low Down Brown" will give you more flavor than, say an Olympia, Black Label Light or Cost Cutter. You'll only need a bottle or two, but if you pick up a six-pack you can drink the rest.
Also, the oil used to fry should be right around 350 degrees. Peanut oil, or soy oil works fine at this temperature; olive oil and to a lesser degree, canola, have a lower burning point and are not very good frying oils. Choose a pot that has a thick bottom and that will hold enough oil to submerge the crab in. A simple candy thermometer usually comes with an attachment to mount on the side of a pot. Ingredients 1 1/2 Bottles of suds 1/2 tsp baking powder (to make it rise) 1 Tbsp of cornstarch (to make it crispy) 1 egg 1 3/4 Cups All Purpose flour 1 tsp of Kosher Salt (less if using iodized) 1 tsp of ground black pepper 1 minced shallot 2 cloves of finely chopped or pressed garlic 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce (adds richness) Season your crab with salt and pepper, and then dredge through flour. Dip the crab into the batter completely covering it. Let the excess drip off and then slowly submerge in your hot oil. If you hold onto the crab almost totally submerged for about five seconds before you let go, it will not stick to the bottom. After two minutes the crab will rise to the surface. Flip, and let cook for another minute and remove to a paper bag (or paper towel) to drain. Serve immediately with anything you please; catsup, tartar sauce, honey-mustard, remoulade, Creole mayonnaise, horseradish dipping sauce, etc...this Recipe will make enough to cover about 2 to three pounds of crab. |
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| Jazz Brunch Every Sunday! | |||
 You know it's really spring when Jazz Brunch & More! returns to the lawn in Carrboro. Oh, boy, oh, boy, fresh coffee, sweet pastries, eggs, pancakes, grits, home fries, flat out on a blanket with a belly full listening to great music. What could be better?May 14 - Second Third - funky world beat rhythms May 21 - Different Drum - American music with a world beat May 28 - Pete's Whiskers - music of the British Aisles June 4 - Dana & Susan Robinson - Original old time June 11 - Magnolia Klezmer - an antidepressive Romanian, Ukrainian, American |
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| After Hours Begins May 18! | |||
 On the Weaver Street Market lawn in CarrboroThursday, May 18, 6pm - 8pm Okay, all of you who haven't heard of After Hours come out from under those rocks! After Hours is back and hotter than ever! Come prepared for picnicking, dancing, wine or beer tasting, and lots of fun! Local charitable gorups will once again be providing freshly grilled picnic fare to purchase. Or choose from an expanded array of Hot Bar meals made daily in our very own kitchen. May 18 - Run of the Mill - high energy new grass May 25 - Saludos Compay Trio - original and South American Music June 1 - Chris Reynolds, Swing-N-Jazz - just like the name sounds June 8 - The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, folk & traditional |
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| After Hours Volunteers Needed | |||
 Weaver Street Market is looking for a few strong people who like a challenge in their volunteer shift. Volunteer for three hours a week at our weeky After Hours event and receive a 15% discount in addition to your owner discount. Volunteers are needed to set up tables, put up parking signs, help the cooking groups, and clean up. Call 929-0010 ext 115 and leave a message.
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 Saturday mornings, 8:00 am - 9:00 amon the green at Southern Village Beginning Saturday, May 27, Market Street Books will be sponsoring free T'ai Chi Ch'uan every Saturday morning with Lewis Tisher. Call 929-7048 for more information. |
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10% Donation Results |
 In support of our Latino and immigrant community, Weaver Street Market chose to donate 10% of store sales to El Pueblo, and El Futuro on Tuesday May 2. Together we raised over $2,700 to divide between the organizations. Thanks to all who shopped at Weaver Street Market in support of our community.
El Pueblo is a non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community. El Futuro is a Carrboro organization helping Latinos with mental health issues. |
| Learn more about El Pueblo here. |
| Learn more about El Futuro here. |
| SV Farmers' Market Open |
 Small, but big on diversity, is the way I describe our Southern Village Farmers' Market. Some of the items you can expect to find at market will be: broccoli, Baby squash, Garden peas, New potatoes, Spring onions, Sugar Snap peas, strawberries, Greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, lettuces, goat's milk cheese, pasture-raised pork, baked goods, jams, cedar crafts, loom-woven rugs, landscaping plants and cut-flowers. We have several new vendors so let me tell you about them. Bittycakes makes cupcakes often using local, seasonal ingredients. Right now look for chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with strawberry buttercream. Doe Bakery is another new vendor with cookies, small layer cakes, and quick breads. Ferguson Farms will be at market in late May with peaches. As the summer progresses they will also have blueberries, blackberries, plums and apples. And Sari Sari Sweets will be there with bars, tarts, scones, and pies.
Our Cooking Demos are happening bi-weekly beginning this week. We will show you simple ways to prepare the ingredients found at Market. We will also have a weekly drawing for prizes from Market Street Merchants. While you shop look for the box to enter your name for the drawing. The box will be located at a different vendor's booth each week. You don't have to be present to win. This week's prize is a $25 Southern Village Farmers' Market Gift Basket. Shopping at the Farmers' Market is a great way to get to know the people who grow your food (they not only grow it but they are the ones selling it to you.) Feel free to ask them questions about how they raise their pigs or grow their tomatoes. Come join us every Thursday through August 31 on the Village Green. Rain or shine, we're there. |
| Learn more about Southern Village Farmers' Market here. |
| Carrboro Crescent City Benefit |
 Saturday, May 20, 8 am to noon.Carrboro Farmers' Market lends a helping hand to New Orleans' Crescent City Farmers' Market with: Muffulettas and Gumbo - A Fundraiser to Benefit New Orleans Farmers On Saturday, May 20th, from 8 am to noon, the Carrboro Farmers' Market (301 West Main Street, Carrboro, NC) will host a fundraiser to bring awareness to this aspect of Katrina's devastation, and to aid New Orleans' Farmers. Muffulettas and Gumbo will be available to-go or stay and made by Triangle chefs using produce donated by Triangle farmers. Weaver Street Market, Whole Foods, and Cliff's Meat Market have also generously agreed to donate ingredients. All proceeds from the Muffulettas and Gumbo will be donated to the Cresent City Farmer's Market. Assistant Director Darleen Wolnik, of the Crescent City Farmer's Market, will be on-hand to discuss their recovery efforts. Participating chefs: Dave Alworth, 411 West Kevin Callaghan, Acme Food and Beverage Co. Shane Ingram, Four Square Seth Kingsbury, Town Hall Grill Damon Lapis, The Barbecue Joint Peter McClosky, Panzanella Andrea Reusing, Lantern Bill Smith, Crook's Corner Brian Stapleton, Crossroads at the Carolina Inn Amy Tornquist, Sage and Swift |
| AIDs Alliance Food Drive |
 Sunday, May 21, 2-5 pmat our Carrboro Store AIDS Alliance volunteers will be on hand to receive donations of dry goods from shoppers on Sunday, May 21 from 2-5 pm. The Alliance mission is to serve people living with HIV/AIDS, their loved ones, caregivers and communities at large, through compassionate and non-judgmental care, prevention, education and advocacy. The Alliance serves people with HIV/AIDS and their families through direct services such as providing transportation to medical appointments, providing housing and skilled nursing services. They serve the Triangle community through education and prevention programs and advocacy for those afflicted with and affected by HIV/AIDS. |
| SV Music Series Begins! |
 For the fourth year, Market Street in Southern Village will host a summer-long Sunday Music Series. Every Sunday evening at 7 pm the Village Green and stage will be alive with performances from May 14 through August 27. All concerts are open to the public. In addition to the Market Street Association, sponsors this year are Harrington Bank and media sponsors Chapel Hill News and WCHL 1360.This year's Sunday Music Series lineup is the best ever, according to Danny Gotham, a professional guitarist and Southern Village resident who books the performers for the series. "We have everything from jazz to opera to rock and roll to Gilbert and Sullivan." |
| Click here to see the summer schedule. |
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